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Organization of a workshop “Clean and sustainable technologies: Photocatalysis as a Tool for Sustainability”

The workshop that took place from September 24.-25, 2014,. in Portorož has been organized for graduate ad postgraduate students that are working in the field of photocatalytic materials. The lecturers on the workshop were prominent European researchers from that field. The event was financed and organized within 7FP RegPot project SUNGREEN that is coordinated by the PI of this research program, prof. Valant.

D.10 Educational activities

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A procedure for the retrofitting of large-scale heat exchanger networks for fixed and flexible designs applied to existing refinery total site

Developed procedure by authors L. Čuček and Z. Kravanja for the retrofitting of existing large-scale Total Sites (TS) for the purpose of energy consumption reduction and increasing energy efficiency was successfully applied on an existing refinery complex. Obtained results in analysed units showed significant savings: - maximum potential for energy savings was 48.7 % in average, - all profitable modifications showed 37.3 % energy savings in average, and – 15 modifications which are both feasible and profitable enabled 14 % of energy savings in average.

F.10 Improvements to an existing technological process or technology

COBISS.SI-ID: 19102486

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Establishment of electron microscopy center at University of Nova Gorica

In the beginning of 2014 the center for electron microscopy has been established within the Materials Research Laboratory of University of Nova Gorica. The center was established by prof. Valant with a dedicated project grant within FP7 programs. The center is equipped with field-emission transmission and scanning electron microscopes with EDS and cathodoluminiscence detectors. In addition, the center has got available the full kit of sample preparation instruments for electron microscopy. The entire investment was of about 2 MEUR.

D.02 Establishment of a research centre, laboratory, study course, association

COBISS.SI-ID: 3635451

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Organization of the conference with the title " European Conference on Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Growth", Bled, 19. 21. September 2013

Materials Research Laboratory of University of Nova Gorica organized international conference ECoMaTech 2013: »European Conference on Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Growth« that was held in Bled, Slovenia between 18. and 21. of September 2013. Among the invited lectures there were two plenary lectures of prof. dr. Hans Lundberg and prof. dr. Martin Chaplin. The talks has focused on a broad topics of nanoscience, refrigeration technologies, environmental material research, alternative energy sources, waste management and pollution. 120 participant from 24 countries attended the conference.

B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting

COBISS.SI-ID: 268654592